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U.S. Puts Bounty on Four Key Leaders of ISIS

The United States is offering big pay outs to anyone who has
"information" on key ISIS leaders.

"The U.S. Department of State's
Rewards for Justice Program is offering rewards for information on four
key leaders of the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL). The Secretary of State has authorized rewards of up to $7
million for information on ‘Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli; up to $5
million each for information on Abu Mohammed al-Adnani and Tarkhan
Tayumurazovich Batirashvili; and up to $3 million for information on
Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-‘Awni al-Harzi," reads a press
release from the State Department.

"Established in 2004 as 'al-Qaida in Iraq' and later known as the
'Islamic State of Iraq,' ISIL has recruited thousands of followers from
across the globe to fight in Iraq and Syria, where ISIL members continue
to commit gross, systematic human rights abuses, including mass
executions, persecution of individuals and entire communities on the
basis of their identity, killing and maiming of children, rape, and
numerous other atrocities.

"In April 2013, ISIL’s current leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also
known as Abu Du’a, publicly declared that the Islamic State of Iraq was
operating under the moniker of ISIL. ISIL has since asserted publicly
that it is the true inheritor of Usama bin Ladin’s legacy."

The State Department provides more details on the wanted terrorists:

‘Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli is a
senior ISIL official who rejoined ISIL following his release from prison
in early 2012. He traveled to Syria where he has worked with an ISIL
network. He originally joined al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) in 2004 and served
as AQI leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s deputy and as AQI emir of Mosul,
Iraq. The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated al-Qaduli as a
Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224
on May 14, 2014.